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cn coin 38165

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CN Type 11501 🔍

Mint
Pergamon 🔍  

Region: Mysia  

Date

c. 150-140 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Cista mystica from which a serpent emerges to left, the whole surrounded by an ivy wreath.
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Reverse
Design
Between facing serpents, a stylized bow-case.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: )
Symbol
ivy leaf (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
cistophorus 🔍  
Material
Diameter
29 mm
Weight
12.44 g
Owner

American Numismatic Society, New York, us

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: Strauss

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: RF 11e 12,45; cn-pergamon-A_1157

Public Commentary

Durchmesser nach Gips.

Citation

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 29, nr. 38a, pl. 4, pic. 12 

Literature

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 29, nr. Serie 21, annot. (150-140 v. Chr.)

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 184f., nr. 45, annot. (vor 190-125? v. Chr.)

Kleiner and Noe, The early cistophoric coinage, New York 1977 p. 29, nr. Serie 21, annot. (150-140 v. Chr.)

Marcellesi, Pergame: de la fin du Ve au début du Ier siècle avant J.-C.: pratiques monétaires et histoire, Pisa 2012 p. 184f., nr. 45, annot. (vor 190-125? v. Chr.)

Carbone, Hidden power: late cistophoric production and the organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 B.C.), New York, NY 2020 p. 50, nr. VII.

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cn coin 38165, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_38165 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

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